Devotion 812

“His Visage Was Marred More Than Any Man"

Reference: Isaiah Chapter 52

The crucifixion of Christ will remain the Sign to the world that no child, no man or woman suffered more than what Jesus Christ experienced on the cross.

His face was destroyed more than any man's.


Isaiah writes.

Let's read.

Isaiah 52:1-7 "Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. [2] Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. [3] For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. [4] For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. [5] Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. [6] Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. [7] How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!"

How beautiful are the feet of the preachers of the gospel, those who present Jesus Christ and Him crucified, what Jesus has accomplished through His sacrificial death on the cross for the whole world. This is the entry point for any man or woman to die out of the blood of the first Adam and be resurrected in the blood of the second Adam.


We continue our reading.

Isaiah 52:8-12 "Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. [9] Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. [10] The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. [11] Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD. [12] For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward."

The redeemed of the Lord is never alone. There's no need to be in haste. No need to worry, for the LORD goes before you.

We continue our reading.

Isaiah 52:13-14 "Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. [14] As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:"

His form, His face, was marked more than any man to give the whole world the opportunity to die out of the blood of the first Adam and be resurrected in His blood.

We conclude our reading.

Isaiah 52:15 "So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider."

All nations will see His Glory. They will recognize His blood as the answer to the blood of the first Adam.

There is no suffering that he has not suffered. There is no pain He has not endured. Bring all your suffering and your pain to Him by dying with Him and be resurrected with Him, dying out of the blood of the first Adam and be resurrected in His blood. BELIEVE and confess Jesus Christ, the second Adam, as we've revealed Him from the first Adam. How beautiful are the feet of those who present this good news, in Christ!